Here’s the citywide announcement (mp3 file) to police on the city curfew. Story in the Sun.
“Baltimore Riots! Murder Rate Drops!”
That could be one headline from yesterday. There was no Baltimore homicide between 23:45 hours on Sunday and 12:00 our today (Tuesday). I also just heard a call dispatched for drug dealing. It’s almost like things are getting back to normal. (Though they’re not normal yet.)
“Space to Destroy”
I still can’t get over the Mayor saying “We also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well.” [Update: Though now I understand, thanks to a comment by Matt and others in a previous post, what I think she was trying to say: From the video, it appears she did indeed mean that the city inadvertently…
Baltimore Police Riot Training
Well, that did not go well. When the fires hit the Eastern, I felt it got personal. I can’t believe nobody got killed. Hell, by that standard, it was a peaceful night in the city. In the academy, we got less than one (1) day of riot training. This are my notes from Tuesday, April 4, 2000, in their entirety:…
“We also gave those who wished to destroy space for that as well”
You sure did, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. I cannot believe that the mayor of Baltimore said this yesterday. Unbelievable. You think that may encourage people to loot and burn? The full context in case you were wondering (I was) is: I’ve made it very clear that I work with police and instructed them to do everything that they could to…
It’s ugly in Baltimore
Now the Eastern is burning. @PeterMoskos https://twitter.com/PeterMoskos.
“Downside of Police Body Cameras: Your Arrest Hits YouTube”
Interesting article about police body cameras and privacy in the New York Times. [Thanks to JdC]
“West #Baltimore: last night vs. tonight”
From Colin Campbell on the twittersphere:
Kooks of C-SPAN
I expected better from C-Span. Do they not have a call screener? From the left, do I really need to say on national TV that police departments are controlled lock, stock and barrel by the Klan? From the right, do I really need to have to answer for a caller who talks about: Caller: RAMPAGING BLACK CRIMINALITY THAT IS RAMPANT…
“Group on the corner, disorderly, no further, anonymous”
I don’t want to make too much out of this, but there is something just a little funny about a reporter being robbed on camera and then running, in tears, to the police. No, it’s not funny because somebody is robbed. No, it’s not funny that she was traumatized by it. It is just a little funny because at the…